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Reconstruction:Old Persian/mānā

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dmáHnaH (“building, dwelling, house”).

Noun

*mānā[1]

  1. house
  2. dwelling

Descendants
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠mān⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗 (mʾn)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾn')
    • Classical Persian: مان (mān)

References
  1. Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 73: “OP *māna-”
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